2022 CHARLES J. PING LEGACY AWARD WINNERS

Ohio Campus Compact is excited to announce the Charles J. Ping Legacy Award winners for 2022! OCC’s Charles J. Ping Student Service Award is designed to recognize and honor undergraduate students for their outstanding leadership and contributions to community service or service-learning on their campus and within their community. The Ping Legacy Award recognizes students who address economic, emotional, and environmental community needs. The award is named in honor of Charles J. Ping, who served as President of Ohio University from 1975 – 1994.  An early supporter and Board Member of Ohio Campus Compact, Ping has been a tireless advocate for campus-community partnerships…

2022 Annual Meeting – Cultivating Change and Sense of Belonging on Campus: The Future of Community and Civic Engagement.

Ohio Campus Compact’s Annual Meeting is being held on Thursday, August 4th, 2022. This year’s event will be located at The Blackwell Inn & Pfahl Conference Center on The Ohio State University campus. Our theme is “Cultivating Change and Sense of Belonging on Campus: The Future of Community and Civic Engagement.” The OCC Annual Meeting offers participants the opportunity to: 1. Network with others working to advance community and civic engagement; 2. Receive resources on best practices in community partnerships, faculty development, and student learning related to community and civic engagement; and 3. Share updates on critical state, regional, and national…

GREAT STORIES FROM OCC’S AMERICORPS STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER – UNIVERSITY OF AKRON

Written by Temilolu Fayomi, Ohio Campus Compact’s Student Resource Center Coordinator at the University of Akron  For our MLK day service project, we wanted to create meal bags that would be distributed at our grab-and-go locations across campus. Not all students have time or a need to utilize the full services of our cupboard, but they still need food for one meal or a day, that is when they utilize our grab and go locations. We recognized that many students had the same need for hygiene, they needed enough to get by, but not our full services, so we packaged…

Great Stories from OCC’s AmeriCorps Student Resource Center- Central Ohio Technical College

Hannah Brunaugh (she/her/hers) is a first year Student Resource Center AmeriCorps member serving at Central Ohio Technical College (COTC). She’s excited to make a difference at COTC and help students with various challenges they may face. In the past she has developed and overseen many projects with focuses on mental health advocacy and food insecurities. Hannah is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Education with the goal to be an 8th grade science teacher. In her free time, she enjoys coaching middle school cheer at a local school, being outdoors, and spending time with her family and friends.  Written…

Great Stories from OCC’s AmeriCorps Student Resource Center- Lorain County Community College

Victoria is a second year Student Resource Center AmeriCorps member serving at Lorain County Community College. She’s currently studying Psychology at Cleveland State University and plans on going into Child Psychology. Aside from studying, she enjoys art and music! Written by Sarah Boeglin, Ohio Campus Compact’s Student Resource Center Coordinator at Owens Community College  “Since I work closely with the Commodore Cupboard Food Pantry on campus, I noticed that there was a huge need for diapers and wipes for the patrons, especially from single mothers. We get requests every day from mothers looking for diapers for their babies. Upon further research,…

Great Stories from OCC’s AmeriCorps Student Resource Center- Owens Community College

OCC’s Student Resource Center Coordinator at Owens Community College, Sarah Boeglin, with Free Store sign acknowledging ServeOhio’s 2021 Make a Difference Day Grant. Written by Sarah Boeglin, Ohio Campus Compact’s Student Resource Center Coordinator at Owens Community College This school year I am serving as an AmeriCorps Member through Ohio Campus Compact at Owens Community College as a Student Resource Center Coordinator in their Center for Campus and Community Connections. I connect students to resources off campus and on campus, including the Harvest Food Pantry, Career Closet, Community Garden, and now the Free Store as well. ServeOhio’s 2021 Make a Difference Day Grant funded the…

2021 Newman Civic Fellows Announced

Campus Compact Announces 2021 Newman Civic Fellows 212 students honored for their commitment to solving public problems BOSTON, Mass. – March 1, 2021 – Campus Compact, a Boston-based non-profit organization working to advance the public purposes of higher education, has announced the students who will make up the organization’s 2021 cohort of Newman Civic Fellows. The 2021 cohort comprises 212 students from 39 states, Washington, D.C., and Mexico. The 2021-2022 cohort of Fellows includes students from 14 institutions across Ohio. Ohio Campus Compact is excited to congratulate the following students who have been named Newman Civic Fellows public problem solvers:…

2021 David Hoch Memorial Award for Excellence in Service

Ohio Campus Compact is pleased to announce the  David Hoch Memorial Award for Excellence in Service Recipient for 2021! The David Hoch Memorial Award for Excellence in Service is designed to recognize and honor the outstanding work in service-learning and/or civic engagement performed by a faculty or staff member at an Ohio Campus Compact member institution.  This award is named for the late David Hoch, the Dean of Honors at The University of Toledo, who served as the Director of Service Learning from 1999 – 2005.  Hoch was instrumental in initiating and nurturing the role of civic engagement at The University of Toledo,…

2021 Charles J. Ping Student Service Awards

Ohio Campus Compact is excited to announce 12 Charles J. Ping Student Service Award Recipients for 2021! OCC’s Charles J. Ping Student Service Award is designed to recognize and honor undergraduate students for their outstanding leadership and contributions to community service or service-learning on their campus and within their community.  These students represent the next generation of civic leaders and problem solvers. The award is named in honor of Charles J. Ping, who served as President of Ohio University from 1975 – 1994.  An early supporter and Board Member of Ohio Campus Compact, Ping has been a tireless advocate for…

AmeriCorps Week Guest Blog: Elexis Hamby, member at Kent State University

By guest blogger: Elexis Hamby My name is Elexis Hamby and I am an Ohio Campus Compact AmeriCorps member serving at Kent State University in the Office of the Dean of Students. Currently, I am helping to develop our student resource center – the Crisis, Advocacy, Resources, Education, and Support (CARES) Center. Our center will exist to ensure that students basic needs are met so that they can reach their fullest potential as a student and as a member of society. The CARES Center will and has done so by connecting students to both on and off-campus resources, and sometimes…

Campus Compact announces the 2020 Impact Award Recipients

We congratulate the 2020 Impact Award Recipients! Recipients: Nadinne Cruz Community Engagement Professional Award The Nadinne Cruz Community Engagement Professional Award celebrates the ethical leadership and advocacy demonstrated by Community Engagement Professionals. Recipient: Maria Dominguez Gray, Harvard College https://compact.org/dominguez-gray-cruz/   Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement The Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement and the Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award recognize early career and senior faculty, respectively, who practice exemplary engaged scholarship through teaching and research. The awards are presented in partnership with Brown University’s Swearer Center. Recipient: Michael Hemphill, UNC Greensboro https://compact.org/hemphill-lynton/ …

New opportunity: Institutional Partners for A Deliberation of Young People Across the United States

Shaping Our Future: A Deliberation of Young People Across the United States Call for institutional partners The Haas Center for Public Service and Center for Deliberative Democracy at Stanford University and the Berggruen Institute seeks 50 campus partners to collaborate on a joint Deliberative Polling experiment with 18-29 year-olds across the country. Modeled on the America in One Room event in 2019, this two-day event, to be held May 15-16, 2021, will involve 1,000 college students across diverse regions and postsecondary institutions, engaging them in deliberations on some of the most pressing challenges facing the country. Over two days, participants will deliberate…

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2020 David Hoch Memorial Award for Excellence in Service

Ohio Campus Compact is pleased to announce the two David Hoch Memorial Award for Excellence in Service Recipients for 2020! The David Hoch Memorial Award for Excellence in Service is designed to recognize and honor the outstanding work in service-learning and/or civic engagement performed by a faculty or staff member at an Ohio Campus Compact member institution.  This award is named for the late David Hoch, the Dean of Honors at The University of Toledo, who served as the Director of Service Learning from 1999 – 2005.  Hoch was instrumental in initiating and nurturing the role of civic engagement at The University of…

2020 Charles J. Ping Student Service Award Recipients

Ohio Campus Compact is excited to announce nine Charles J. Ping Student Service Award Recipients for 2020! OCC’s Charles J. Ping Student Service Award is designed to recognize and honor undergraduate students for their outstanding leadership and contributions to community service or service-learning on their campus and within their community.  These students represent the next generation of civic leaders and problem solvers. The award is named in honor of Charles J. Ping, who served as President of Ohio University from 1975 – 1994.  An early supporter and Board Member of Ohio Campus Compact, Ping has been a tireless advocate for…

COVID-19 Resources for Engaged Campuses- from IA and MN Campus Compacts

*reposted from IACC UPDATED APRIL 9, 2020 Iowa & Minnesota Campus Compact will host a weekly virtual discussion on this topic every Friday at 2:30 pm central for resource-sharing, ideas, and camaraderie. Register to join here and take our survey on what you’d like to see with future meetings. All Campus Compact members welcome. Our team is also available to you for questions, consultations, and event virtual course presentations! Below is our original post with updated resource links being added to the bottom daily. We also want to point to two new articles that offer ideas for the higher education response doing forward. First, National President…

AmeriCorps Student Resource Center Member Snapshot: Amber Smreck, Marietta College

Amber Smreck, Marietta College’s OCC AmeriCorps member I thought I had life figured out. In 2015, I graduated from Marietta College with a BFA in Theatre. Acting was my life, my passion, my everything. I was going to move to Hollywood. I was going to make it. I moved to Columbus, Ohio and started my path to Hollywood. I auditioned for everything in the area. I was told no every time. I felt like I failed. I had hit rock bottom hard, and didn’t know where to go from there. I took a hard look at my life. Theatre was…

AmeriCorps Student Resource Center Campus Snapshot: University of Akron

LEFT- Kayla Perry, OCC’s AmeriCorps member at the University of Akron, at UA’s MLK Day Fair to inform students of services they can receive through the Student Resource Center program, ZipAssist. Meet Kayla Perry, OCC’s AmeriCorps member at the University of Akron. Kayla started her service at UA in fall 2019. She is helping her campus expand the programming of their ZipAssist initiative, which is designed to is meant to “serves as a central information hub, intentionally designed to share available resources, and provide support and assistance to help students be successful at The University of Akron.” At the University…

OCC’s AmeriCorps Student Resource Center program Addressing Barriers to Success

Farrah Chrstos joined Ohio Campus Compact in the summer of 2019 to help lead Ohio Campus Compact’s AmeriCorps Student Resource Center program. In this blog, Farrah provides an introduction to the program and how it is providing assistance to Ohio’s college students. The  Ohio Campus Compact AmeriCorps Student Resource Center (SRC) program is in its inaugural year on ten college campuses in the state of Ohio. Developed by Ohio Campus Compact, the AmeriCorps SRC program helps students address non-academic barriers to their college success.  Research has shown that the reason a student will most likely drop out of college is…

Campus Compact seeks Evaluator for Engaged Scholars Initiative

Campus Compact is pleased to invite evaluation consultants to submit proposals for the Engaged Scholars Initiative (ESI) being carried out over the next year. Up to $20,000 in funding is available to conduct an evaluation of the Engaged Scholars Initiative. Project Title: Engaged Scholars Initiative Program Evaluation Project Start Date: January 2020 Project End Date: January 2021 Proposals are due at 5pm PST on Monday, December 2, 2019. Submit proposals here. BACKGROUND Background on the Organization Campus Compact is a national coalition of 1000 colleges and universities committed to the public purposes of higher education. As the only national higher…

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